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| 15 December 2011
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| 7 December 2011
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30 November 2011
Students were elated over
their joys to find a working flight simulator in the
classroom. Because the Thanksgiving break occurred, some
students were not at the meeting on November 22nd.
James and Moonim worked their hardest to build and fly their
Knight Fighter. It worked quite well and only needed a few
minor adjustments. Unfortunately, they let another student
fly it, and that student crashed it pretty badly.
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22 November 2011
Although it wasn't a
Wednesday, the club still met to squeeze one more meeting in
before the Thanksgiving holiday. Although a handful of
people showed up, we found a free flight simulator that
works really well! Since the upgrade to Windows 7, the old
software stopped working. However, we're all back in
business and students are practicing their flying skills
without spending time repairing their planes. Mark also took
the time to hover the blingbling around the classroom. He's
learning how to torque roll very well. However, his 20in
micro blingbling is much more agile than this 32in version.
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16 November 2011
Mr.Voicheck forgot to use his
camera today. Things were crazy and very busy! Students
continued building and flying planes and helicopters.
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9 November 2011
Today's goals included
soldering the electronic speed controls (ESCs) to the
motors. That required teaching soldering and basic safety
skills. Students learned the proper way to solder, using
flux and the right type of soldering equipment. The right
tools make soldering easy. The wrong ones make it a
nightmare. It was a successful day building too. Mo and
Jackie continued work on their KnightFighter. Sunit repaired
yet another plane. He refers to himself as the surgeon, but
he's the one who crashes them.
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2 November 2011
A ton of building a took
place as our new students learned how to use the equipment.
Students were gluing, cutting, and wiring their electrical
systems to work correctly with the radios. The Knight
Fighters are coming along nicely. Mark brought in his newly
modified BlingBling. With its new power system. It is
lighter and can easily accelerate from a hover. The plane
weighs in around 55 grams. Mr.Voicheck and Garret took to
the skies and battled planes. The JetCat lost a good portion
of the wing. Surprisingly enough, Garret's new plane
suffered no damage.
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26 October 2011
Today's meeting consisted of
aerial footage from Ryan's Easy Star. The plane can easily
carry a large payload. We should post some video of it soon.
The students were eager to see the video. Despite the windy
conditions, video footage was really good. We even captured
a few near hits and one midair collision. Ryan's plane
survived. Meanwhile, Mark continued to modify his BlingBling.
He amazed the students by hovering it in such a small space.
The new equipment should be here soon for his modifications.
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| 19 October 2011
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| 13 October 2011
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5 October 2011
At our first member
meeting students were exposed to some amazing flying! A
large crowd of prospective members witnessed aerial
battles and heard a ton of information about the club's
history and future. The wind was heavy and it made
flying difficult, but no major carnage occurred.
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28 September 2011
The new supplies showed
up, so a quick inventory occurred to make sure we
received everything. We spent over $250 on motors,
batteries, speed controls and similar items. This should
last us most of the year and into the start of next
year. Mark found a very large caterpillar and thought it
would make a great pilot. Flying continued as we
prepared planes for the new member meeting. Patrick
worked on soldering his ESC to the motor, and Anthony
learned how to bind the Spektrum radios.
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21 September 2011
For the third meeting of
this year, we were surprised to find so many prospective
members show up. The weather was perfect for
flying. Garrett worked on the AlleyCat while Sunit
prepared the pretty mini biplane. Brian wants to build
something new, and is interested in the depron fattie
planes. The autogyro flew really well because the wind
was so low.
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14 September 2011
We had our second meeting
for 2011 today. Today was also the activities fair
during lunch, and a few students manned the table,
advertising our club to the school. We will host our
first open membership meeting on October 5th. With the
weather still really nice outside, students were anxious
to build and fly. Garrett sloped the Alula along the
building for nearly an hour. Flight times were in excess
of three minutes. That's really good for our area.
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7 September 2011After a
summer break and time away from our foam flying friends,
we joined forces again to feed our fascination of flying
machines. Mark brought in his modified blingbling. He
removed a lot of foam and covered the plane with clear
plastic wrap. It works amazingly well in such a small
place.
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